Event host applications open for 2021 Geelong Design Week

THE City of Greater Geelong council is inviting applications from organisations, community groups and individuals to participate as event hosts for next year’s Geelong Design Week.
To be held from March 18-28, 2021, Geelong Design Week will celebrate how design can help us adapt and respond creatively to the unpredictable.
Events in the week – which has the theme “Unpredictable” – could include art and design exhibitions, workshops, virtual reality tours, fashion collaborations, sustainable building workshops, innovative dining experiences, projections, pop-up spaces and forums.
Events will showcase Geelong’s UNESCO City of Design designation, celebrating innovation, ideas and adaptations in:

• Technology, innovation and manufacturing
• Culture and heritage
• Social and community services
• Equity, inclusiveness and encounter in the built environment: how we experience buildings and the spaces between them
• Learning, knowledge and research
• Sustainability: human, social, economic, environmental and ecological
• Food and gastronomy, and
• Art, craft, fashion, visual communication and multimedia.

The first Geelong Design Week was scheduled to be held from March 19-29 this year, but was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
“With full event support provided by the City of Greater Geelong, this is an opportunity to engage with a wide audience and champion the creativity and innovation that makes Geelong a UNESCO City of Design,” Arts, Culture and Heritage portfolio chair Cr Trent Sullivan said.
“Geelong Design Week’s 2021 theme ‘Unpredictable’ will showcase how design can turn challenges into opportunities.”
Event host applications are open until September 18 at geelongdesignweek.com.au
The council is hosting virtual drop-in sessions throughout the application period to support people who need assistance with their application or have a question about hosting a Geelong Design Week event. Register for a free session at geelongdesignweek.com.au.